Lancashire Inquests Extents And Feudal Aids 1313 1355

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Excerpt from Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids, Vol. 3: A. D. 1313 A. D. 1355 This Extent should be studied in conjunction with the Account of 1348 (ccxxxii), and also with the various surveys printed in part II of these I nquests (cxiii, CXIV, CXXII, CXLIII). A new rental is referred to in the Account, but the figures given from it do not always agree with those of the Extent (cf. P. 194 with pp. 75, The accounts of the lands of Henry de Lacy and of the manor of Manchester in part II (xcii, CXII) will supply information for much of the district not covered by the Extent of 1346. The plan followed by the original compiler of the Extent was in each wapentake noticed to describe the borough first; then the tenants and customs of the earl's demesne manors, though in Amounderness these are placed last and then the various rents and services of the free tenants. He began with Liverpool in West Derby Hundred, and proceeded north. The compiler of the Minister's Account, on the other hand. Began with the county town, Lancaster and came south, but this document, as it stands, does not seem so orderly as the former. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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